Against all odds: A qualitative study of rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury in Afghanistan

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 864-868

  Michael, M ^a   Roth, K ^b  

^a International Committee of the Red Cross   (Brazil)

^b Swiss Paraplegics Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; demography; epidemiology; public health strategies; rehabilitation; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VIOLENCE;

AFGHANISTAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870890638     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.113     Document Type: Review

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